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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brag \brag\, v. i. imp. p. p. bragged; p. pr. vb. n.
bragging. oe. braggen to resound, blow, boast cf. f.
braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, of. brague
merriment, from icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the
same root as e. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
?95.
to talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self,
in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder;
to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to
brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
things one intends to do.
1913 webster
conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
brags of his substance, not of ornament. --shak.
1913 webster
syn: to swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
big.
1913 webster
see also:
bragged bragging 95
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
brag
adj : exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
cornfield" syn: boss
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
gasconade" syn: bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade
v : show off syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas,
blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
also: bragging, bragged
see also:
boss bragging crow crowing vaporing line-shooting
gasconade boast tout swash shoot a line
gas blow bluster vaunt bragged
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bragging
adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" syn: boastful, braggarta,
bragginga, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing,
self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
gasconade" syn: brag, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting,
gasconade
see also:
boastful braggarta bragginga braggy big cock-a-hoop
crowing self-aggrandizing self-aggrandising brag crow
vaporing line-shooting gasconade
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bragging
see brag
see also:
brag
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 moby thesaurus words for "bragging":
gascon, bluster, boast, boastful, boastfulness, boasting, bombast,
brag, braggadocio, braggart, braggartism, bravado, conceit,
conceited, fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfaronading, gasconade,
gasconading, gasconism, heroics, jactation, jactitation,
rodomontade, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-flattering,
self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, side, swagger,
thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vanity, vaporing,
vaunt, vauntery, vaunting
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